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Thousands of Virus-free international fans participate at Unum Albania's open-air music festival in Shengjin on Friday, June 4, 2021. Organizers had sold all 10,000 planned tickets with more requests to follow from people around the world trying to forget the virus restrictions and follow non-stop music for five days at the Rana e Hedhun (Thrown Sand) beach, 75 kilometers (45 miles) northwest of the capital Tirana. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
Music fans flock to Albania’s beach festival despite virus

By Florent Bajrami And Llazar Semini Jun. 08, 2021 04:21 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2021 file photo, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador applauds during a ceremony at Chapultepec Castle in Mexico City. Mexico announced Saturday, April 24, 2021, that Lopez Obrador will hold talks with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on May 7 to discuss migration, amid an increase in underage migrants at the U.S. southern border. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)
Mexican leader to talk with Kamala Harris on migration

Apr. 24, 2021 03:33 PM EDT

Damage from the 2020 CZU Lightning Complex Fire is seen at Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Boulder Creek, Calif., Thursday, April 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)
Resilient redwood forest a beacon of hope for California

By Martha Mendoza Apr. 23, 2021 05:05 PM EDT

Shakespeare & Company to resume live, in-person performances

Apr. 01, 2021 12:23 PM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — The renowned Shakespeare & Company theater group in Massachusetts plans to resume live, in-person performances this summer with a production...

In this March 5, 2020, file photo, Beverly Thurber, of Lilac Ridge Farm, in Brattleboro, Vt., checks the density of the sap that is being boiled for maple syrup. The coronavirus pandemic forced some states to cancel their annual maple season celebrations in 2020, but some New England producers with safety precautions in place are welcoming back the public in 2021. (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP)
Maple celebrations return in some states, with precautions

By Lisa Rathke Mar. 20, 2021 08:13 AM EDT

Liz Pace poses with a photo of her grandfather Worthen Jackson, a caretaker of the Capitol Reef Orchards over 50 years ago, on Thursday, March 4, 2021, at Capitol Reef National Park, in Fruita, Utah. Pace, came to Capitol Reef National Park orchards to discuss a proposed orchard rehabilitation plan. (K. Sophie Will/The Spectrum via AP)
Capitol Reef wants to revive orchards as visitors increase

K. Sophie Will Mar. 13, 2021 08:00 AM EST

FILE - This Aug. 19, 2015, file photo, shows a monarch butterfly in Vista, Calif. The number of western monarch butterflies wintering along the California coast has plummeted to a new record low, putting the orange-and-black insects closer to extinction, researchers announced Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. A recent count by the Xerces Society recorded fewer than 2,000 butterflies, a massive decline from the millions of monarchs that in 1980s clustered in trees from Marin County to San Diego County. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
Monarch butterflies down 26% in Mexico wintering grounds

By Mark Stevenson Feb. 25, 2021 04:20 PM EST

A fire alert flag flies in strong Santa Ana winds at the intersection of Silverado Canyon Road and Santiago Canyon Road in Silverado, Calif., early on Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 19, 2021, as winds picked up throughout Orange County and Southern California. (Mark Rightmire/The Orange County Register/SCNG via AP)
Fierce California winds fan fires, topple trees and trucks

Jan. 19, 2021 05:50 PM EST

Pandemic cancels annual WVa Christmas tree recycling event

Dec. 28, 2020 10:04 AM EST
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An annual Christmas tree recycling event in West Virginia has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The...

Editorial Roundup: New York

By The Associated Press Dec. 11, 2020 07:26 PM EST
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from New York’s newspapers: Civilian Control of the Military Is Vital ...

An artificial Christmas tree that Republican lawmakers set up stands in the Wisconsin Capitol rotunda Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, in Madison, Wis. GOP Reps. Paul Tittl and Shae Sortwell erected the tree without a permit after Gov. Tony Evers' administration decided to forego the state's annual tradition of placing a towering evergreen in the rotunda since the building is closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Todd Richmond)
Republicans defy Evers, put Christmas tree in closed Capitol

By Todd Richmond Dec. 07, 2020 12:03 PM EST

City Park light extravaganza goes drive-thru due to pandemic

Nov. 30, 2020 03:56 PM EST
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The light extravaganza tradition called Celebration in the Oaks that is held yearly in City Park has turned into a drive-thru experience as...

The Cross Hall leading to the State Dining Room of the White House is decorated during the 2020 Christmas preview, Monday, Nov. 30, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
White House Christmas decor gives nod to 1st responders

By Darlene Superville Nov. 30, 2020 01:47 PM EST

First lady Melania Trump stands next to the 2020 Official White House Christmas tree as it is presented on the North Portico of the White House, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
White House still planning holiday parties, despite warnings

By Jill Colvin Nov. 23, 2020 02:08 PM EST

The 2020 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, a 75-foot tall Norway spruce that was acquired in Oneonta, N.Y., is secured on a platform at Rockefeller Center Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Rockefeller Center Christmas tree goes up; lighting Dec. 2

Nov. 14, 2020 08:52 AM EST

People walk along a sidewalk in New Orleans as the outer eye wall of Hurricane Zeta passed by the city, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
Zeta barrels across Southeast after battering weary coast

By Rebecca Santana And Kevin Mcgill Oct. 29, 2020 01:43 AM EDT

Trees border a green field at Prospect Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York on May 10, 2020. Writer Jennifer Lehman found solace being near trees during the darkest days of the pandemic and in the months that followed. (AP Photo/Jennifer Lehman)
VIRUS DIARY: In age of pandemic, she finds solace in trees

By Jennifer Lehman Oct. 08, 2020 09:19 AM EDT

Apples hang from at tree at Anderson Orchard, Friday, Oct. 2, 2020, Mooresville, Ind. During what would normally be primetime for Midwest apple-picking, orchards around Indiana are running out of apples early this season following a late spring freeze that obliterated much of the state’s crop. (AP Photo/Casey Smith)
Late freeze shortens fall apple season for Indiana orchards

By Casey Smith Oct. 05, 2020 10:06 AM EDT

This photo provided by the Unified Fire Authority shows Utah fire crews prepare to fight wildfires near Butte Falls in southern Oregon on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. Firefighters trying to contain the massive wildfires in Oregon, California and Washington state are constantly on the verge of exhaustion as they try to save suburban houses, including some in their own neighborhoods.(Matthew McFarland/Unified Fire Authority via AP)
Firefighters battle exhaustion along with wildfire flames

By Lindsay Whitehurst Sep. 18, 2020 12:48 PM EDT

A semi rests in its side after after high winds toppled it on Interstate 15 Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, near Bountiful, Utah. Strong winds knocked out power in northern Utah, where temperatures dropped by 40 degrees. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
From heat to snow: Rocky Mountains see 60-degree plunge

By Lindsay Whitehurst And Colleen Slevin Sep. 08, 2020 02:09 PM EDT